THE SOAR BLOG
This is our corner of the world to discuss all things active. You can read up on the latest fitness, lifestyle, nutrition, and mind & body news here.
Should children weight train? – Part 2
I recently wrote about why weight or resistance training for children is safe… in the right environment But why do they need to strength train? I’m going to break this into two parts.This article is […]
Should Children Weight Train? – Part 1
PART 1 I’m going to guess from just reading the title you will have instantly formed an opinion or be leaning heavily towards one side of forming an opinion.I think for most parents, they would […]
Anti-Lateral Flexion
In the last few years trainers have gone a bit “anti” with exercise. As in “anti-extension”, anti-rotation” and “anti-lateral flexion”. You may not have heard of them but you’ve undoubtedly incorporated them into your training […]
MRT Huh? (Metabolic Resistance Training)
Why we do what we do. The sort of training we do best fits under the guise of MRT (Metabolic Resistance Training) What’s that I hear you ask? (Or it could just be the voices […]
Swimmers Shoulder
Damn That Shoulder! (And other overuse niggles) I recently read this article and thought what a concise but clearly stated piece it was on what could actually be causing you that grief you get from […]
STRETCHING
Some people swear by it, others classify doing their shoe laces up as close enough to a stretch as they need. But what’s the truth about how important or effective stretching is? Recently, studies have […]
Fascia Part 2
Looking After It. “While every anatomy text lists around 600 seperate muscles. It is more accurate to say that there is one muscle poured into 600 pockets of the fascial webbing.” So what does it […]
Fascia Part 1
Understanding that we are seamlessly connected. (Just like Nanny’s jumper’s) From the intro we’re now aware that we have a lot…like loads of the stuff through our entire body. But why is it important that we really […]
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